Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-02-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Knows better than these women that
hey have expended a good deal of
heir strength upon men OF straw,
instead OF on their husbands and
sons and brothers.
During the very hour Of the open
NC of their convention here, the
Senate rejected their proposed
amendment to the Constitution,
giving woman the right of suffrage,
by a vote of thirty-fve to sixteen
The ladies OF the convention are
lubilant over this triumph. Ode
feat.r exclaimed Miss Anthony, !
''why no, il was a triumph for us.
We have on our side One-third OF |
the United States Senate. This IL |
the FIRST time" continued she, "that !
we ever got a vote on our amend
ment at all. We have accomplish
ed great deal IN securing recog-
nition.n When asked what right
she had to claim One-third of the
Senate as friendly to woman suf-
frage, she picked MP the printed
record of the vote and said, "Well,
there were sixteen Senators who
voted Tor the bill. of the absentees
we count on Allison, Aldrich, Cam
eron, Chase, Dawes, Frye, Miller,
Plumb, Sabin, and Stanford as our
friends She had some doubts
about Harrison of Indiana. "There
are eleven of them, who with the
sixteen that voted" said she, snake
in all twenty seven Senators on our
side"
Miss Anthony proceeded with
"goulish glee' to state their future
plan of action. In the case of SEN
ators who are known as their Op-
pOnents, when they come up Tor
election again, great effort will be
made to prevent their return to the
Senate. In Kansas the women
would work for the election of mem
bers to the Legislature who would
promise to support for the United
States Senate only some man
pledged to vote for their amend
ment.
She mentioned that they had five
hundred women making speeches
throughout the country, and that
Mrs. Frances Willard, who is now
here, was at the head of halt a mil
lion women, all pledged to woman
suffrage. These women had dis
covered that prayers and tears were
Intellectual to get rid of saloons
when the mans vote brought the
saloon into existence "and they are
with u.s. said she, "because they
want to vote on this one question"
Both Congress and the social
world of Washington have been
busy during the week. Besides
dismissing the woman sutiragists,
and disposing of the Canadian
Fishery trouble, by passing the re-
taliatory bill, the Senate again re-
iected the Mr.. Matthews, the color
ed lawyer from Albany, as Record
er of Deeds of the District Of Co
lumbia and then settled down to
the discussions of Agricultural Elk.
pertinent Stations. The House of
Representatives has given its time
to the consideration and passage of
appropriation bills, and society has
whirIed in on incessant round of
gayety.
One OF its notable events was the
annual ball at the Chinese Lega-
ton. Nothing was left undOne by
the distinguished host to make the
affair elegant and complete in all
its arrangements, but the raid upon
the banquet table by portion of
the guests, IS the talk of the town.
Nothing like it was ever seen in
Washington before. Ladies stood
two rows deep around the wall, and
men struggled three deep around
the table to secure refreshments, as
if food had not been tasted before
for DAYS. The scramble was even
wild aud disgusting. The Chinese
Minister paid the honOrs of the
evening to Mrs. Folsom, the moth
erin.law of the President, and ac'
companied her to supper.
The week has been a lively one
IN telephone circles, as the great
suit is now IN progress. An impos-
ing array of legal talent is present,
and the arguments in the U. 5. Su-
preme Court has drawn the public
daily. When Mr.. LOwery, for the
Molecular Company, arose to con-
tinue his argument last Thursday,
the rOo.h was crowded with attOr-
news ana he tables and desks were
filed Win telephone models, AS
he speaks nc gives object lessons
by means of the models.
At times three or four lawyers
are on their feet, assisting in the
demonstrations to the Justices, who
ask many practical questions, and
the scene is at times very amusing,
as well as instructive. The gath
ering of spectators Is made up
largely of distinguished persons,
many Of them lawyers from a dis
lance, who came solely to hear ana
see these proceedings.
Henry Ward Beecher has dis.
covered the secret of happiness,
which consists in looking away